Rotary rug rack



March 28, 1939. H. E BAKE 2,151,677

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March 23, 1939.

H. E. BAKER 2,151,677

ROTARY RUG RACK Filed July 28, 1937 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Ham 2'6 E. Baker H.E BAKER March 28, 1939.

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3 Claims.

This invention relates to a rack for rugs and the like, the generalobject of the invention being to provide means for holding a pluralityof rugs or the like, with means for turning them to bring any desiredone at the front and with means for rolling each rug on a supportingmember or unrolling it from said member.

Another object of the invention is to provide means whereby eachsupporting member can be turned to a horizontal position or a verticalposition, as desired, and to provide yielding means for causing the rugto wind on the supporting member smoothly and tightly.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionin the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawingsand specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in ,detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the rotary supporting ring and its base.

Fig. 3 is a plan View of a section of the base.

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view through one of the supportingmembers and through the base and ring.

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a section through line 66 of Fig. 4.

Fig. '7 is an elevation with parts in section, showing a supportingmember moved to horizontal position.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary view in plan showing how the segmental gear of asupporting member is supported and actuated.

Fig. 9 is a view of the bottom disk of a supporting member.

Fig. 10 is a sectional View showing how the motor drives the pinionwhich engages the ring gear.

Fig. 11 is an elevation of the hinged part of a supporting member.

Fig. 12 is a View in section of the other part of said member.

Fig. 13 is a view, partly in section, of the slotted member. 7

Fig. 14 is a section on line [4-44 of Fig. 13.

In these drawings, the numeral I indicates a sectional ring-shaped basewhich carries the rollers 2 operating in recesses in the top face of thebase, said rollers engaging an annular groove 3 formed in the bottompart of a sectional ring gear 1937, Serial No. 156,199

4 rotatably arranged on the base and having a sectional ring 5 bolted toits upper face. A toothed wheel 6 engages the internal teeth 1 of thering gear and is located on a shaft 8 carried by a projection 9 on thebase, a pulley I0 being connected with the wheel, and said pulley isconnected by a belt II to a pulley l2 on a shaft of a motor l3 (see Fig.10). Thus the ring gear is rotated by the motor.

A plurality of pairs of ears l4 project outwardly from the unit composedof the ring gear and the ring 5, and a segmental gear I5 is pivotedbetween each pair of ears and is attached to an outer portion of theunder face of a baseforming disk I6 having its central part connected tothe lower end of a shaft ll, which has a shaft l8 of square shape incross section threaded to its upper end. The upper end of the shaft l8has a reduced circular threaded part 19 thereon. The lower end of theshaft I1 is threaded to the disk l6, as shown in Fig. 4, and a sleeve 20fits over the shaft l1 and has its lower end engaging a coiled spring 2|surrounding the lower part of the shaft l1 and resting against a disk 22which is rotatably supported on the disk I 6 by the rollers 23 carriedby said disk I6. A disk 24 is connected to the upper end of the sleeve20, and a stationary disk 25 has a square, central bore fitting over thesquare shaft I8, and said disk 25 is adjustably held in place by meansof the washer 26 and the nut 21 on the threaded part I!) of the shaft18. Thus by adjusting the nut 21, the

' disk 25 can be adjusted vertically'on the shaft Is to regulate thespace between the disks 24 and 22, for it will be seen that by screwingthe nut down wardly, the disk 25 will move downwardly, thus causing therollers 28 carried by said disk 25 to press upon the disk 24, which willcause downward movement of the sleeve 20 on the shaft H, which willcompress the spring 2|. Of course, said spring tends to force the partsupwardly.

Spring clips 29 are carried by the sleeve 20 and are adapted todetachably fasten the end of a rug to the sleeve, as shown in Fig. 6. Asmall shaft 30 extends between the disks l6 and 25 and is connected tosaid disks by the ends of the shaft engaging small projections 50extending from the disks, as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 5, 8 and 9. Anarm 3| is attached to each end of the shaft and a telescopic slottedmember 32 is connected to the outer ends of the arms. This member isshown in detail in Figs. 13 and 14, with the two lower parts formed bythe slot and indicated at 32', sliding in the channel parts 32" of theupper part. A portion of the rug is adapted to pass through the slot, asshown in Fig. 6, and set screws 33 are adapted to be adjusted tofrictionally engage that part of the rug passing through the slot, or totightly engage said part.

Arms 34 are pivoted to the shaft 30, carry a rod 35 at their free ends,on which are rollers 35 which are yieldably pressed against the rug onthe sleeve by the springs 36 carried by the shaft 30 and engaging thearms 34.

A ring gear 31 is carried by the upper face of the upper disk 24 and isengaged by a pinion 38 on a shaft 39 journaled in the disk 25 andadapted to be rotated by a crank handle 40.

A shaft 4! is journaled in each pair of ears l4 and has a pinion 42thereon for engaging the segmental gear 15 and the outer end of eachshaft 4| has a gear 43 thereon meshing with a pinion 44, the shaft ofwhich is adapted to be rotated by a crank handle 45. Thus by rotatingthe crank handle, the segmental gear I5, one of which is pivoted betweeneach pair of ears M, will be moved to turn the rug carrying assembly toeither a vertical position, as shown in Fig. 4, or to a horizontalposition, as shown in Fig. '7. A bumper 46 is fastened to an outer partof each disk 25 to engage a surface when the assembly is in horizontalposition, as shown in Fig. 7.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that each assembly consisting of theroller carrying disks l6 and 25, shaft l1, sleeve 20 and the upper andlower disks 24 and 22, with the parts attached thereto, form arug-supporting unit which can be lengthened or shortened to suitdifferent sizes of rugs, and the spring-actuated roller carrying armswill cause the rug to be smoothly and tightly wound on the unit when thecrank handle 40 is turned to rotate the sleeve 20 and the disks 22 and24, and the slotted member 32 will guide the rug as it is being woundupon the unit. By adjusting the screws 33, the rug can be held underslight tension to cause it to be properly wound upon the unit, and suchmeans can be tightened to hold the rug against unwinding movement, andsuch means also facilitate the partial removal of the rug from the unit.

The motor driven means enables any unit to be brought to the front sothat the rug thereon can be readily inspected, and any unit can bereadily tilted to horizontal position when desired.

It will, of course, be understood that the apparatus can be made in anydesired size and of any suitable material.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages andnovel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction andin the combination and arrangement of parts, provided that such changesfall within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus of the class described comprising a rotary base, aplurality of base members hingedly connected to the rotary base, a shaftconnected to each base member, a top member supported for verticalmovement on the upper end of the shaft, a sleeve on each shaft, a diskconnected to the upper end of the sleeve, rollers between the disk andthe top member, a disk at the lower end of each shaft, rollers betweenthe same and the base member, a spring on the shaft between the lastmentioned disk and the lower end of the sleeve, a rod connected witheach pair of base and top members adjacent a portion of the peripherythereof, springpressed roller-bearing arms carried by the rod and havingtheir rollers engaging a member wound on the sleeve, arms carried by therod, a telescopic slotted member carried by the arms and through whichthe member is adapted to pass, screws carried by the slotted member, andmeans whereby the sleeve and the disks can be rotated.

2. In a device of the class described, a base member, a shaft having itslower end connected with the base member, a top member supported forvertical movement on the upper end of the shaft, means for adjusting thetop member vertically on the shaft, a sleeve on the shaft, a diskconnected with the upper end of the sleeve, a lower disk rotatablysupported on the base mem ber, a spring between the lower end of thesleeve and the lower disk, means for rotating the disks and the sleeve,a rod connected with the base and top members adjacent the peripheriesthereof, spring pressed roller bearing arms carried by the rod andhaving their rollers engaging a member wound on the sleeve, a second setof arms carried by the rod, a slotted member carried by the second setof arms and through which said member passes and means carried by theslotted member for applying friction to that part of the member passingthrough the slot therein.

3. In a device of the class described, a base member, a shaft having itslower end connected with the base member, a top member supported forvertical movement on the upper end of the shaft, means for adjusting thetop member vertically on the shaft, a sleeve on the shaft, a diskconnected with the upper end of the sleeve, a lower disk rotatablysupported on the base member, a spring between the lower end of thesleeve and the lower disk, means for rotating the disks and the sleeve,a rod connected with the disks adjacent the peripheries thereof, springpressed roller bearing arms carried by the rod and having their rollersengaging a member Wound on the sleeve, a second set of arms carried bythe rod and a slotted member carried by the second set of arms andthrough which said member passes.

HARVIE E. BAKER.

